Necktie holder



H. 0. MILLER.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILYED JAN. 26. 1-921.

1,41 5058. Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

INVENTOR I MMJMW 1 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN OQMIL ER, or BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

NEoK'rrE HOLDER.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HERMAN O. MILLER, citizen of the United States, residmg at Bridgeport,in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Necktie Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to-be a full, clear, and exact description of, the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to a necktie holder adapted to securely support a four in hand tie after the same is properlyformed, the details of construction and its advantages will be more fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 represents a blank structure;

Figure 2 is an inside view of the complete holder with one of the tie supporting arms open and the other closed;

. Figure 3 is an upper View of the complete holder;

Figure 4 is a similar view of the holder showing a collar button inserted therein;

Figure 5 is an inside view of the holder with a properly folded necktie suspended therefrom;

Figure 6 is a broken View of the holder showing adjustable tielocating means;

Figure"? is a broken view of a modified form of thetie supporting means, and

Figure 8 is a front view of the tie secured to the holder. 7

.The device may be made of wire, tubing, sheet metal or any suitable material capable of supporting the tie and maintaining its engagement with a collar button.

I prefer the skeleton frame shown in the principal views, 7 curved arms 1, 2, and the lower curved arms 3, 1, leaving the central plate 5 to support the wings A, B, and also to provide the necessary resistance against the force applied to attach the tie to a collar button.

The button retaining member 6 is prefer ably in two parts adapted to expand and contract under the influence of the spring 7, and thus maintain a firm hold on the neck 9 of the button 10 when the neck is located in any one of the curved seats 7*. This button retaining member is bent rea-mvardly in the of the main comprising the upper 1 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lu f. 28. 1922 Application filed January 26, 1921." Serial No. 439,958.

form of a rectangle with the main portion parallel with the frame, and in advance thereof, to provide the opening 8 for the entrance of the head 9 of the collar button, Figure 4. r i

1.1, 12, are tie supporting arms pivotally supported to the projections 13, 1 1, of the upper part of the frame with their free ends detachably connected to the projections 15, 16, of the lower part of the frame, formingwhen closedthe openings 17 between said arms and the verticalbars 18 integral with the frame.

19 are members integral with the lower part of the frame and are bent at right angles thereto and project toward the front of the holder and beyond the same for the purpose to be hereinafter more fully explained.

After the tie is formed, the arms 11, 12, are opened and the loop formation of the wings 20 is slipped over the arms which are then closed, as shown in Figures 5 and 8; The knot 21 is properly adjusted by the usual method of a downward pull on the.

free end 22.

After the tie is secured to the holder, the wings are inserted under the wings of a collar, not shown, and the collar button retaining member 6 is forced in an upward direction against the neck 9", Figure 4, of the button, locating said neck in any one of the seats 7 best adapted to the height of the collar. I

The purpose of the arch 23, cut into the plate 5, is to enable the main portion of the knot of the tie to lie closer to the frame than it would otherwise do.

The purpose of the members 19 is to locate the knot 21 of the tie central with the collar opening, and also maintain it in vertical alignment with its free ends. In Figure 6 these members are made adjustable for ties having knots of various sizes. In this construction, they are mounted on the carriers 24 having the fingers 25 adapted to register with any of the series of holes 26 of the arms 3, 4.

' The tie supporting arms 11, 12, are preferably inwardly curved to enable the wings of the tie to be drawn into close relation with the rest of the tie formation.

In the modified construction of the tie supporting arms shown in Figure 7 the arm 11" is made integral with the holder, and, when not engaged with a tie, it will lie in the dotted position'shown, and is adapted I to be sprung outward with its free end inserted within the embrace of the cap 27 to form the opening 17? between the bar 18 and the arm 11*. e V V The above described holder possesses many features of special interest over the common method of passing the tie around a collar or threading it through openings of the holder before forming the knot. The simple and ready means whereby a previously formed knot can be attached or detached from-the holder is a desirable feature inasmuch as ties or scarts of-variouspatterns can be readily substituted. Drawingdown v the free ends of a tie willexert such-an inward pressure on'the tie supporting arms 11, 12, that they cannot open accidentally.

" The simple means whereby-the tie carrying holder is vertically adjusted for any depth of collar is also a very desirable feature, as

the knot of the tie can be located and maintained at any point Within the collar opening, while the-members l9-maintain its central position.

wings and adapted to be maintained in fclosedposition by the tie.

laterally disposed 2. A tie holder having wings, inwardly curved tie supporting arms pivoted to the Wings, said holder having a centrally located button retainer having multiple button locating seats.

3. A tie holder of the character described, comprising a skeleton frame having-laterally disposed-wings, and 'abutton retainer hav- 7 ing multiple butt-on, locating seats," and means for locating thel-knot :ofa-tiecentral with respect to said wings, andl'tie. supporting arms, pivotally supported at-Ithe extrem -v ity of the wings.

HERMAN MILLER.

ln-testimony whereof I affix mysign-ature V 

